What does retrōspiciō mean in Latin?

retrōspiciō, a verb, means “to look back at”.

What are the principal parts of retrōspiciō?

retrōspiciō, retrōspicere, retrōspexī (third (-iō variant) conjugation).

In classical Latin, [rɛ.troːsˈpɪ.ki.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [re.trosˈpiː.t͡ʃi.o].

verbthird (-iō variant) conjugation

retrōspiciō (present infinitive retrōspicere, perfect active retrōspexī, supine retrōspectum)

Classical[rɛ.troːsˈpɪ.ki.oː]Ecclesiastical[re.trosˈpiː.t͡ʃi.o]

active indicative
form	present	imperfect	future	perfect	pluperfect	fut. perfect
1st sg.	retrōspiciō	retrōspiciēbam	retrōspiciam	retrōspexī	retrōspexeram	retrōspexerō
2nd sg.	retrōspicis	retrōspiciēbās	retrōspiciēs	retrōspexistī	retrōspexerās	retrōspexeris
3rd sg.	retrōspicit	retrōspiciēbat	retrōspiciet	retrōspexit	retrōspexerat	retrōspexerit
1st pl.	retrōspicimus	retrōspiciēbāmus	retrōspiciēmus	retrōspeximus	retrōspexerāmus	retrōspexerimus
2nd pl.	retrōspicitis	retrōspiciēbātis	retrōspiciētis	retrōspexistis	retrōspexerātis	retrōspexeritis
3rd pl.	retrōspiciunt	retrōspiciēbant	retrōspicient	retrōspexērunt retrōspexēre	retrōspexerant	retrōspexerint

active subjunctive

active subjunctive
form	present	imperfect	perfect	pluperfect
1st sg.	retrōspiciam	retrōspicerem	retrōspexerim	retrōspexissem
2nd sg.	retrōspiciās	retrōspicerēs	retrōspexerīs	retrōspexissēs
3rd sg.	retrōspiciat	retrōspiceret	retrōspexerit	retrōspexisset
1st pl.	retrōspiciāmus	retrōspicerēmus	retrōspexerīmus	retrōspexissēmus
2nd pl.	retrōspiciātis	retrōspicerētis	retrōspexerītis	retrōspexissētis
3rd pl.	retrōspiciant	retrōspicerent	retrōspexerint	retrōspexissent

passive indicative

passive indicative
form	present	imperfect	future
1st sg.	retrōspicior	retrōspiciēbar	retrōspiciar
2nd sg.	retrōspiceris retrōspicere	retrōspiciēbāris retrōspiciēbāre	retrōspiciēris retrōspiciēre
3rd sg.	retrōspicitur	retrōspiciēbātur	retrōspiciētur
1st pl.	retrōspicimur	retrōspiciēbāmur	retrōspiciēmur
2nd pl.	retrōspiciminī	retrōspiciēbāminī	retrōspiciēminī
3rd pl.	retrōspiciuntur	retrōspiciēbantur	retrōspicientur

passive subjunctive

passive subjunctive
form	present	imperfect
1st sg.	retrōspiciar	retrōspicerer
2nd sg.	retrōspiciāris retrōspiciāre	retrōspicerēris retrōspicerēre
3rd sg.	retrōspiciātur	retrōspicerētur
1st pl.	retrōspiciāmur	retrōspicerēmur
2nd pl.	retrōspiciāminī	retrōspicerēminī
3rd pl.	retrōspiciantur	retrōspicerentur

imperative

infinitives & participles

infinitives & participles
form	active	passive
present infinitive	retrōspicere	retrōspicī
perfect infinitive	retrōspexisse	retrōspectum esse
future infinitive	retrōspectūrum esse	retrōspectum īrī
present participle	retrōspiciēns	—
perfect participle	—	retrōspectus retrōspecta, retrōspectā, retrōspectae, retrōspectam, retrōspectārum, retrōspectās, retrōspecte, retrōspectī, retrōspectīs, retrōspectō, retrōspectōrum, retrōspectōs
future participle	retrōspectūrus retrōspectūra, retrōspectūrā, retrōspectūrae, retrōspectūram, retrōspectūrārum, retrōspectūrās, retrōspectūre, retrōspectūrī, retrōspectūrīs, retrōspectūrō, retrōspectūrōrum, retrōspectūrōs, retrōspectūrum	retrōspiciendus retrōspiciundus, retrōspicienda, retrōspiciendā, retrōspiciendae, retrōspiciendam, retrōspiciendārum, retrōspiciendās, retrōspiciende, retrōspiciendīs, retrōspiciendōrum, retrōspiciendōs

gerundretrōspiciendī, retrōspiciendō, retrōspiciendumsupineretrōspectum, retrōspectū

rē^trō-spĭcĭo, cĕre, v. a. specio,

I. to look back at: orbem lunae (sol), Vitr. 9, 4.

From retrō + speciō (“look”).

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